WACO, Texas — There was a lot of company line Saturday, a lot of allusions to the team nature of football.

In a moment of clarity, though, Daniel Thomas acknowledged the obvious truth about Kansas State's 47-42 loss to Baylor.

"We scored over 40 points," Thomas said. "That should get you the win every game."

Not for this team, apparently. K-State's defense was torched again, yielding 683 yards to the Bears. Those yards came in chunks, as Baylor averaged 9 yards per snap and produced scoring plays of 28, 52, 47 and 30 yards.

"That's one of our goals, is to stop the big play," safety David Garrett said. "If you watch the game, if we stop the big play, the scoreboard wouldn't even look like that."

K-State's two losses this season can be traced to defensive breakdowns, and those were plentiful Saturday. Exhibit A was Robert Griffin's 52-yard touchdown pass to Kendall Wright, who put a move on Emmanuel Lamur — the only defender within a 20-yard radius — and coasted into the end zone.

Exhibit B was an 82-yard dash by running back Jay Finley, a play salvaged only by Stephen Harrison's chase-down and strip.

"It's like, 'Wow, why did this happen?' " defensive end Brandon Harold said. "I'm at a loss for words right now."

If K-State's offense felt any animosity about the defensive performance, however, it remained well concealed.

"It's more frustrating offensively, because I felt like we could have scored every time," quarterback Carson Coffman said. "I had that costly interception that got tipped up, and Daniel had that fumble. I think that hurt us a lot."

"We've got to defend the run, defend the pass better," Snyder said. "That's all about being where you're supposed to be, and we weren't always where we were supposed to be, and the result of it was big plays."